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Can 2 AF assist lamps be used at the same time? (on camera & off camera ext' flash)
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<blockquote data-quote="paul_b" data-source="post: 376532" data-attributes="member: 15676"><p><strong>Re: Can 2 AF assist lamps be used at the same time? (on camera & off camera ext' flas</strong></p><p></p><p>Wayne. </p><p></p><p>Apologies for asking my query on this forum before using my equipment for the first time. I got ahead of myself. I've just been having a play about with them, and you are right. The camera's on board built in AF lamp becomes disabled as soon as i use the external speed light (either on top of the camera, or off camera wirelessly). The speed light's or wireless transceiver's Af lamp takes over instead (depending on which i use).</p><p></p><p>One thing i don't quite understand though, is that if i put my speed light on top of my camera (speed light in TTL mode) & leave it's power setting on default, my images are well overexposed (even at iso 100). I have to reduce the flash power on the flash all the way down to -3 before the images look ok. I thought TTL's job was to do that automatically. P.s I've tried it with the camera on automatic shooting mode too to make sure it wasn't my settings that were at fault.</p><p></p><p>In the camera's settings, I've tried looking for any settings i can change for the external flash, but all it has is a setting for 'built in flash' (but is greyed out). I've also got a Nikon SB-400, and when that's attached you can change it's settings in the camera between 'manual' and 'ttl'.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="paul_b, post: 376532, member: 15676"] [b]Re: Can 2 AF assist lamps be used at the same time? (on camera & off camera ext' flas[/b] Wayne. Apologies for asking my query on this forum before using my equipment for the first time. I got ahead of myself. I've just been having a play about with them, and you are right. The camera's on board built in AF lamp becomes disabled as soon as i use the external speed light (either on top of the camera, or off camera wirelessly). The speed light's or wireless transceiver's Af lamp takes over instead (depending on which i use). One thing i don't quite understand though, is that if i put my speed light on top of my camera (speed light in TTL mode) & leave it's power setting on default, my images are well overexposed (even at iso 100). I have to reduce the flash power on the flash all the way down to -3 before the images look ok. I thought TTL's job was to do that automatically. P.s I've tried it with the camera on automatic shooting mode too to make sure it wasn't my settings that were at fault. In the camera's settings, I've tried looking for any settings i can change for the external flash, but all it has is a setting for 'built in flash' (but is greyed out). I've also got a Nikon SB-400, and when that's attached you can change it's settings in the camera between 'manual' and 'ttl'. [/QUOTE]
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